Ibrahim 41: “Oh our Dear Lord! Forgive me, my parents and the mu’min on the Day of Account.”
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“Oh our Dear Lord! Forgive me, my parents and the mu’min on the Day of Account.”
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Hadrat Ibrahim 'alaihis-salâm' was very mild-tempered and had great pity and mercy on people. For this reason, in his prayer, he prayed for forgiveness from the sins that he had committed as a human being on the Day of Reckoning, in the Hereafter, in the Court-i Kübra, on the Day of Reckoning. There are great lessons for people in this verse. A Prophet who asks Allah to forgive him for the sins he has committed. If this Prophet, who in his worldly life opposed Nimrod, broke his idols and was thrown into the fire for the sake of Allah, who gave himself wholeheartedly to Allah in the fire of love and was willing to burn for Him, asks Allah for forgiveness, what should we do? How can we endear ourselves to Allah (swt) as His servants?
On that day of reckoning, he asked for forgiveness for himself and his parents. The fact that he asked for forgiveness for his father, according to one narration, refers to the Prophet Adam, and his mother is said to have been a Muslim. According to another tradition, he asked Allah for forgiveness for his parents because there was no Ayah from Allah (swt) saying that polytheists would not be forgiven. This last is a stronger possibility. Allah and His Messenger know the truth. He also prayed for the believers.
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Then we will end our lesson. If you have questions, we will answer your questions. Our Lord! On the day when deeds are reckoned, forgive me, my parents and the believers. I am praying. Abraham (peace be upon him), as we said before, being very gentle-natured, felt great pity and mercy for people. In this respect, his saying in his prayer "the day when deeds are reckoned": the Great Court will be set up.
Eleysallahu bi-ahkemi'l-hâkimîn — Allah, the judge of judges, on that day says judgement is Mine alone; apart from His judgement no being can, to Him, that is, to our Lord, act as an advisor — a day like that. Judgement is Allah's alone. On that day. What does it say?
In the hereafter, at the Great Court, on the Day of Reckoning, for the sins he had committed as a human being, he prayed to be forgiven. In this verse there are great lessons for people. A prophet who — Allah's — asks to be forgiven for the sins he committed. He asks Allah for forgiveness for the sins he committed. This prophet, who in worldly life stood up to Nimrod, broke his idols and was thrown into the fire for Allah, who gave himself to Allah wholeheartedly in the fire of love and for Him consented to burn — if such a prophet asks Allah for forgiveness, then what are we to do, we say. What are we to do?
How can we make ourselves loved by Allah Almighty as servants?
So he asked that on that Day of Reckoning both he and his parents be forgiven. Here, his asking forgiveness for his father too, according to one narration, means Adam, while his mother is said to have been one of the Muslims. According to another view, since no verse had come from Allah Almighty saying the polytheists would not be forgiven, he asked Allah for forgiveness for his parents.
This last one is the stronger possibility. Allah and His Messenger know best. He also prayed for the believers. Yes. The last sentence we said is more correct. Because in the verse below it says this: Do not think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only postpones punishing them to a day on which, from fear, their eyes will bulge out, it says. Yes.